When We Were Perfect

Chapter 57

Her heels clashed against the floor making an echo in the silent hallway. Behind her, Kevin and Talia followed closely, an eerie kind of silence surrounded them but it was normal in Ankara open prison.

The prison was home to many evil criminals, people who were guilty of their crimes.

After digging up information from the bank, they found the name of a person closely related to Gonsalez, his cousin who was his right-hand man but an encounter back during his drug deal had him arrested and charged. Although they were suspicious that a man like Gonsalez would let his right hand get captured so easily, that's why he was kept in a special cell. Kevin speculated that he could provide potential information about him meaning evidence against Gonsalez. 

"Do you think he will disclose anything?" Talia asked

"No, it's going to be hard since he had been working for him for nearly a decade," Kevin replied, walking beside her.

"We have to make this work Kevin before Gonsalez set's his next plan into action, " Amy said observing the nearby cells where other prisoners were kept, some of them were staring back at the three people, their gazes made Amy sick to her stomach. While Talia felt goosebumps scattering along her arms and as for Kevin he glared back at them with a dark look, not even an inch affected by them. It was his routine to deal with such psycho people. As they turned around the corner, Kevin pressed his key card against the pad and entered the ward. They were greeted by the head of the ward who gave them a file about their new observer. Though they already had an assessment plan, they decided to go through some.

MERT DANIEZ

AGE:35

CAUGHT IN DRUG DEALING AND REPORTEDLY INVOLVED IN OTHER CRIMES. HIS COUSIN IS THE FAMOUS BUSINESSMAN NEIL GONSALEZ, SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN ANKARA PRISON.

After reading the already known facts, Amy closed the file.

"We have to be careful Amy, it seems like he is still involved with Gonzalez" Kevin cautioned her.

"I know Kevin, he is obviously smart and will waste no time in tricking us," Amy said, already feeling her nerves on the edge.

"Well, he will be in the interrogation cell right now, we should move forward," Kevin informed.

"Talia! you stay here, we will come back soon," Amy uttered as Talia nodded, taking the nearby seat.

The interrogation room was quiet as they entered. It had white walls with only a single glass window where two officers were perched in case of any incident. It had a table and two chairs and there he sat cuffed to the table.

They had to admit he was quite young for his age, but the left side of his face was scarred not to mention the tattoos that almost covered his bare skin. His cold gaze met with Amy's hazel one and he smirked. They both lowered themselves to the available chairs giving him a stern glare. His cocky smirk was making Amy mentally strangle him.

"So, you are Gonsalez's most trusted acquaintance " Amy started with a grim voice.

"Yes, I am and you must be the sister of Ayla Moretti right. I might say you are quite gorgeous." He said in an amusing tone.

"We are not here to have a friendly conversation with you, Mert!" Kevin intervened, giving him a nasty glare while Amy clenched her jaw.

"Oh! I am sorry I forgot," he chuckled.

"So, Mertz!" Kevin started again in a dangerous yet professional voice making him chuckle again as if making fun of them.

"What's so funny here Mr Mertz!" Amy asked bitterly.

"Well, the fact that I know why you two are here!" He jokingly replied. Amy gave Kevin a look.

"Oh really! Then why don't you tell us about our visit," Kevin asked.

"You want to know about Gonsalez's black business right," he started, still amused. Amy nodded, slightly bitterly.

"Then my dear friends you come to the wrong person." He declared grinning at them like a fool. For a moment, Amy thought he was mentally sick.

"You are not going to open your mouth easily, right?" Kevin spat bitterly.

"Yep, because my loyalties are with him, even if it cost my death." He retorted, eyeing Amy up and down.

"Look, Mr Mertz….."

"Call me Merty sweetheart," he winked. Amy paused and took a deep breath knowing her rage will not help in this situation.

"I am tolerating you enough Mert, now speak what we want to hear before I take you to the torture cell!!" Kevin yelled slamming his hand on the table but his expressions remained the same, amused as if enjoying a circus show.

"I already told you that I will not utter a single word related to Gonzalez!" He responded but now his creepy smile faltered.

"But I would like to give you advice , Mrs Saritas." He said, scrutinizing Amy with his dark gaze.

"And what would that be," she retaliated 

"Stay away from him, the more you get involved in his doings, the more harm you will inflict upon yourself."Kevin stood from his chair and hovered above his body.

" You will not speak easily, it looks like I have to open your mouth in my own way," Kevin growled. But he only smirked in response.

"Do whatever you want quickly because you won't get anything from me except the advice that I gave to this pretty little lady here, after all, I wouldn't like to see her getting killed the same way her sister died. Poor woman, she thought she could fight Gonzalez," Amy stood from her chair and punched him square in the jaw, he stumbled in his chair but he wasn't fazed from it.

"You bastard, you were there when she got murdered." Amy practically screamed at him but he looked unfazed in fact he grinned seeing her state.

"Yes, dear I was there when Gonzalez shot her in the chest in fact I felt sorry when I had to beat her pretty face but she started it first by shooting me in the leg," at the moment Amy was ready to pounce at him and murder this worthless excuse of a person who was involved in her sister's murder. She lunged forward as tears sting her eyes remembering her sister's face but Kevin grabbed her from behind. The two guards rushed inside as they stood close to Mert holding him by his neck and arms.

"Mrs Saritas, this is an interrogation cell you cannot harm him here." One the guards retorted.

"Let me go, Kevin, I will kill this bastard," Amy said struggling with his hold. Kevin signalled the guards as they took him away but that smirk still lingering on his face. Amy pushed Kevin away when the door closed.

"Amy, you need to stay calm, I can understand your feelings but you just gave him what he wanted, to rile us up and cut short this interrogation," Kevin asserted in a hard tone as Amy sat on the nearby chair wiping her eyes, frustration and hurt seeping through her body.

"How I was supposed to act calm when he sickeningly told me that he beat Ayla before her murder." She cried raking fingers through her loosely curled hairs. Kevin shook his head at her state. A knock resonated before the guard walked in. Amy quickly wiped away her tears composing herself.

"We want him in torture cell for further interrogation, he isn't going to cooperate with us," Kevin informed the guard.

"That could be arranged, Mr Kevin but you guys need to act way more cautiously he is not an ordinary criminal,". The guard suggested

"We will reshape our plan, don't worry," Kevin said as the guard nodded and leaves. Kevin turns to face Amy, who was glaring at the wall.

"Are you alright Amy," he asked.

"I have been better, Kevin!" She scoffed.

"He is not an easy….."

"Nothing, in this case, is easy Kevin, everything we have searched so far always leads to a dead end. Can you believe this?" She retorted clearly frustrated, standing from her seat.

"This time we are not going to let him go, Amy, I swear I will pester him enough to make him disclose everything he knows from his birth till today," Kevin promised patting her shoulder. Amy only bobbed her head up and down slowly.

"Let's go now, Talia must be waiting and we need to concentrate on our assessments and plans," he said before opening the door and gesturing her to leave first. Amy took a deep breath before moving ahead. His sinister smile and nasty glance making Amy shiver in disgust as she walked ahead to the warden's office. The words from before echoing in her ears with the face of her dead sister flashing every now and then. 

"I promise my sister, I will not let your murderer roam around freely. He will pay for every drop of your blood," Amy vowed with a determined glint in her eyes.